COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Thursday’s games

No. 16 Miami 47, North Carolina 10

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.

Miami tied a school record with three defensive touchdowns, N’Kosi Perry threw for a score in his first start and the No. 16 Hurricanes downed North Carolina. Romeo Finley and Joe Jackson ran back interceptions for scores, Jonathan Garvin scooped up a fumble and rumbled in for another touchdown and the Hurricanes (4-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) wound up forcing six turnovers in all. Perry didn’t have to do much, completing eight of 12 passes for 125 yards with one touchdown and one interception in his debut as the Miami starter. Deejay Dallas rushed 11 times for 114 yards and a touchdown for the Hurricanes, whose 12th straight home regular-season win matches the school’s longest in 15 years. Chazz Surratt, making his season debut after serving a three-game suspension for selling team-issued shoes, relieved North Carolina starting quarterback Nathan Elliott early and rushed for a touchdown for the Tar Heels (1-3, 1-1). But Surratt was intercepted three times, the Tar Heels also fumbled the ball away three times and they were a combined 3 for 16 on third and fourth downs. The three defensive touchdowns were a first for Miami since a game against West Virginia on Sept. 23, 2000. The Hurricanes became the first ACC team with three defensive scores in a game since Boston College in 2006, and are now one of two teams nationally this season to do so — along with Akron, which did it against Northwestern earlier this month.

Northern Iowa 33, Indiana State 0

TERRE HAUTE, IND

Trevor Allen ran for 180 yards and two touchdowns and Northern Iowa beat Indiana State in a Missouri Valley Football Conference opener. Northern Iowa (2-2), which beat Hampton 44-0 last week, has back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2012. Marcus Weymiller added 90 yards on the ground and Eli Dunne threw for 218 yards for Northern Iowa. Austin Errthum had field goals of 20, 31 and 46 yards in the first half to give UNI a 9-0 lead. Allen made it 16-0, from 18 yards out, on UNI’s first possession of the second half, and he added a 16-yarder later in the quarter. Linebacker Duncan Ferch’s second career pick-6 capped the scoring late in the fourth. Ryan Boyle threw for 136 yards and an interception for Indiana State (2-2), which hasn’t won a conference game since Oct. 22, 2016. ISU was 1 of 16 combined on third and fourth down conversions.

Michael Payton, 1992 Division I-AA title-winning QB, dies

HUNTINGTON, W.VA.

Former Marshall University quarterback Michael Payton died after a battle with cancer Thursday. He was 48. Payton led the Herd to their first Division I-AA championship in 1992, topping Youngstown State 31-28. Payton earned the Walter Payton Award in 1992, a Division I-AA version of the Heisman Trophy. In that season, he threw for 3,610 yards and 31 touchdowns with just 12 interceptions. Payton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015. He also is a member of Marshall University’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Associated Press